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I said it before it really depends on club's view of if/how Norman will perform with a pretty clear assumption the club won't look to re-sign him. He'd be playing for himself
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I said it before it really depends on club's view of if/how Norman will perform with a pretty clear assumption the club won't look to re-sign him. He'd be playing for himself
From the list you mentioned, the only player I’d consider frontloading at this stage is Alvaro, possibly Gutho as well.
Beat me to it
A new contract/employer is a pretty large incentive to perform.
If NRL & player are going to accept the contract terms and the money is otherwise dead money then in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter who gets the money as it lowers the cap hit across the board. Personal level view becomes a factor in that we'd probably want to give it to a player we may want beyond that contract and the extra payment is further goodwill to the parties... but is that really even going to be a factor x years later?
It is, but will his performance goal match our performance need? We're lucky that as a half, his value stems a lot from teamwork, but what if he feels the need to constantly overplay Moses then?
Still need 30 players in the squad and you need both NRL & player acceptance. Alvaro would obviously accept the extra money upfront, but is he going to accept the implied lesser salary going forward?We're never going to know, but I would want to give it to the player/s with the best dollar for dollar ratio to the reduction in future contracts, maybe factoring in some goodwill as well, they don't even need to be top 17 players, although obviously that is where the most gains can be acquired
Yes we can and should be. But the cap is finite and BA seems to be recruiting for every position except where our need is greatest.
It may even cause more hassles than it's worth. It's like when you're looking for a bank loan, you want to test how much each bank is willing to give you, but each pre-approval is a hit to your credit rating. Similarly the club wants to know who they can pay the best value for, but each inquiry chips away at their bargaining power. Goodwill may not provide much value, but badwill can f**k you in the bunghole hard
No he doesn't. We needed a good winger to give us some more go forward. He recruited Fergo, who is CURRENTLY leading the WHOLE f**kEN COMP in metres gained. Then we also need a more skillful attacking front rower to complement our workhorses and so we recruited Jnr. We appear to be looking a a promising young FRower from Souths who may or may not turn out well but won't be expensive. You really can't fault that.
Glenneel can and will
Obviously stats don’t show the whole story but stats wise Lamb wasn’t that terrible last year in his first full year of NRL as a 20 year old.
Our front row is fine FFS! Especially now we have Paulo. Our biggest problems have been go forward out of the backfield, fixed with Ferguson, and our halves aren’t playing well together. That will be fixed by getting rid of one and bringing in a second who knows his place.
